Germany

By Tony Osborne
Germany’s navy is to perform a series of flight trials this year with the General Atomics MQ-9 SeaGuardian uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
German aerospace industry sources says Berlin's proposed €2 billion cut would sound the death knell for development of SAF before it begins in the country.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has announced a partnership with airport operator Fraport aimed at defining requirements for a network of vertiports across Germany and nearby countries.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Key figures in Germany’s government have signaled that Berlin will no longer oppose a British sale of Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau
The airport’s flight cap reprieve provides summer season clarity, but European aviation increasingly will be in the environmental spotlight this year.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved €3 billion ($3.3 billion) in spending for the procurement of some 1,900 missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jens Flottau
The German federal government has given up on plans to raise a domestic fuel tax only days after it first announced the proposal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
FAI, based in Nuremberg, Germany, announced Dec. 19 that it has renewed the partnership it struck with McLaren Racing in 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. arm of Germany’s Quantum Systems has signed a contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Defense to supply its Vector uncrewed aircraft system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
BVLOS approval is critical to efficiently expanding the drone delivery network.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Germany has placed an order with Airbus Helicopters for up to 82 light-attack versions of the OEM’s H145 twin-engine light helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A coalition of nations led by France is beginning to firm up plans for the creation of a NATO-compatible ground-based air defense system to protect Ukraine.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The core from Rolls-Royce's Pearl family of business jet engines could power the remote carriers that will operate as a component of FCAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has announced the start of production of its initial batch of type-conforming Lilium Jets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
Under the free route airspace concept, flight crews choose their preferred routes—in terms of distance flown, wind or weather—in a relaxed framework.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Airbus Helicopters has completed first flight of a helicopter from the German Navy's new fleet of NHIndustries NH90s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
German lawmakers have approved spending for the development of a suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses SEAD/DEAD-capable version of the Eurofighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Development of the Super Sonic Strike Missile (3SM) Tyrfing is to be led by Kongsberg for Norway and Germany.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Germany looks set to increase its purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
German startup Odonata has revealed plans to develop a hydrogen-powered long-range hybrid electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
The German Parliament’s budget committee on Nov. 8 approved a change in the contract for the operation of the UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
RFA was granted £3.5 million ($4.3 million) by the UK Space Agency.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Europe’s space workforce grew by 8.2% in 2022 over the prior year, the Space Foundation says in a quarterly report on the state of the space industry.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
A team of European rocket developers are to help prove German ambitions for sat launch at sea with a series of suborbital launches planned for spring 2024.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
UK-based Helix started out as an automotive combustion engine consultancy business called Integrated Powertrain.
Advanced Air Mobility